The You're going to do you.

Do you do you do you do you do

do you do While all of us are immensely thankful for those who faithfully preach and teach the Bible,

it is important that we don't confuse the messenger with the message.

And today on Truth for Life, Alistairbegg explains why the simplest proclamation of God's word

has a greater lasting effect than the cleverest speech written by a mere man.

First Thessalonians, chapter 1st this islonians chapter 2 and the small section that is before us here begins

in the 13th verse and goes through to the 16th. Last time we noted something of Paul's heart

and his concern in ministry as we paid attention to the metaphors which he had employed which were

indicative of his pastoral concerns for those to whom he was writing and if you

recall we said that truth that is not softened by love can become

dreadfully hard and that love that is not hardened by truth can become

dreadfully soft.

And we said that the New Testament

brought us to this wonderful holding

of these two principles intention.

And it was illustrated in Paul's ministry by his compassionate interest in those under his care,

dealing with them, as he said, as a father, and also as a mother, and also as a mother and a herald. And that picture of being a herald emerged in the

ninth verse which is the word therefore preaching the gospel of God to you the word

kiruso and it is this picture of a herald which actually underpins underlies

what we now discover him saying in verse 13 and following and we also

thank God continually because when you receive the word of God which you heard

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